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Jordan



الأردن

العربية [1]الأردن - المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية

الأردن أو المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية هي دولة عربية مسلمة، تقع في شمال شبه الجزيرة العربية و في جنوب غرب آسيا. يحدها سوريا من الشمال، العراق من الشرق، السعودية من الجنوب والجنوب الشرقي، خليج العقبة من الجنوب الغربي، فلسطين وإسرائيل من الغرب. سميت بالأردن نسبة إلى نهر الأردن.

English Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is an Arab country in the Middle East in western Asia. It is bordered by ► Syria to the north, ► Iraq to the north-east, ► Saudi Arabia to the east and south, and ► Israel and the ► West Bank to the west. It shares with Israel the coastlines of the Dead Sea, and the Gulf of Aqaba with Israel, Saudi Arabia, and ► Egypt.


Short name  Jordan
Official name Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Status Independent country since 1946
Location Middle East
Capital [2] عمان (Amman)
Population 10,664,281 inhabitants
Area 92,342 square kilometres (35,653 sq mi)
Major languages Arabic (official)
Major religions Islam
More information Jordan, Geography of Jordan, History of Jordan and Politics of Jordan
More images Jordan - Jordan (Category).

General maps

Map of Jordan
Map of Jordan (in Arabic)
Map of Jordan
Governorates of Jordan
Governorates of Jordan
Governorates of Jordan (in Arabic)
Nahias of Jordan

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Jordan, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Jordan.

The Region in the 9th to 7th centuries BC
Levant around 830 BCE.
 
Kingdom of Judah
 
Kingdom of Israel
 
Philistine city-states
 
Phoenician states
 
Kingdom of Ammon
 
Kingdom of Edom
 
Kingdom of Aram-Damascus
 
Aramean tribes
 
Arubu tribes
 
Nabatu tribes
 
Assyrian Empire
 
Kingdom of Moab
The region in the 9th century BCE with the Kingdoms of Ammon, Maob and Edom.
The Levant in 800 BCE
The Assyrian Empire in the 9th to 7th centuries BC
Deportation of the Jews by the Assyrian Empire
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Kingdom of Edom (in red) at its largest extent, c. 600 BCE. Areas in dark red show the approximate boundary of classical-age Idumaea.
Early Israel
Israel and Iudeae (in Catalan)
Kingdom of Israel (in Catalan)
Decapolis
The Chaldean Empire around 600 BCE)
The Achaemid Empire (Persia (648–330 BCE) at its greatest extent
The Persian Achaemenid Empire
The Persian Achaemenid Empire
The Persian Achaemenid Empire
Kingdoms under Herod the Great, highlighted in red
Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present
Roman conquest of Minor Asia
Roman Republic 100 BCE
Palestine in the Roman Empire
Iudaea in the first century
Map of the Roman Empire in 50
The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire;
 
133 BC
 
44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)
 
AD 14 (death of Augustus)
 
117 (maximum extension)
Camps of the Roman Legions in 80
Map of the Roman Empire in 116
Roman Empire in 117
Roman Empire divided 395, showing the dioceses and praetorian prefectures of Gaul, Italy, Illyricum and Oriens (east), roughly analogous to the four Tetrarch zones of influence after Diocletian's reforms.
The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.
Division of the Roman Empire in 406
Eastern Roman Empire and Western Roman Empire Roman Empires, c.476
Eastern Roman Empire
Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus
Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus
Byzantine Diocese of Palaestina I (Philistia, Judea and Samaria) and Palaestina II (Galilee and Perea), 5th Century
Byzantine Empire 550
Seljuq Dinasty around 1000
The Crusader States
Ayyubid dynasty in 1189
The Ayyubid Empire of Saladin around 1190
Growth of the Ottoman Empire
Development of the European part of the Ottoman Empire
Growth of the Ottoman Empire
Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683
Map of the Ottoman Empire 1801
Expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman
Age of the Caliphs
Caliphate around 750
The Seljuq Empire 1037-1194
The Crusader States
File:Asia menor 1140.jpg Kingdom of Jeruzalem 1140 (in Spanish)
British mandate of Palestine
British mandate of Palestine and Transjordan
Land Exchange

Satellite maps

Satellite map

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  1. Romanization: al-Urdunn - Al-Mamlakah al-Urdunniyyah al-Hāšimiyyah.
  2. Romanization: ʿAmmān.

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